In the naivety of youth, if someone told me of any improvement to my newly acquired Vincent Rapide, then that improvement, if affordable, was immediately fitted, and this applied to the one piece Ferodo Lightning clutch friction plate, after that is I took a hacksaw and file to the clutch drum, and it worked fine for a while, I probably had little knowledge how damaging too much backlash between the clutch plate and drum would be, but that error came back to bite me, on a very cold Easter ride down to Cornwall on the A303 (from Wealdstone) I got as far as Mere when finally, after a few miles of clear warnings of impending failure, I suddenly lost all drive, fortunately I carried a reasonably comprehensive tool roll, which enabled me to discover that my one piece friction disc was now a ten piece and dust friction disc, if you do not carry a spare disc, then you will not be continuing you journey, unless you have a very good friend who is willing to come to your rescue, that friend was Marcus Bowden.
But there does not need to be any oil present, once that Ferodo plate gets a crack in it, it is only a matter of riding time before total failure, it looks to me like that it what has either already occurred, or certainly will do sometime very soon if you continue to attempt to ride the bike. I would purchase a Club one piece plate with bonded friction material, but also make sure that your clutch shoes are functioning well, because if they are engaging the drum, and then gripping the drum, you could scorch out your new new one piece plate. Sounds like you will have years of fun ahead of you, Good luck as you start your journey.
Peter
PS C24/1 in stock at club spares, but low stock!
But there does not need to be any oil present, once that Ferodo plate gets a crack in it, it is only a matter of riding time before total failure, it looks to me like that it what has either already occurred, or certainly will do sometime very soon if you continue to attempt to ride the bike. I would purchase a Club one piece plate with bonded friction material, but also make sure that your clutch shoes are functioning well, because if they are engaging the drum, and then gripping the drum, you could scorch out your new new one piece plate. Sounds like you will have years of fun ahead of you, Good luck as you start your journey.
Peter
PS C24/1 in stock at club spares, but low stock!
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